Michigan

A National Weather Service weather map of conditions anticipated at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, show the factors anticipated to cause freezing rain and snowfall Saturday afternoon and evening.
(Courtesy | National Weather Service)

"Untreated roads and walking surfaces will be slippery as they are covered with snow and ice, especially unpaved secondary roads," a NWS report reads. "Isolated power outages will be possible."

NWS meteorologists predict periods of freezing rain continuing Saturday along and north of I-69 through the afternoon and into the evening. Rising temperatures have caused any lingering precipitation south of I-69 to fall as rain.

Rain and freezing rain is forecasted to taper off during the early evening hours, following a low pressure system exiting the area.

For much of the region, there is a 40-70 percent chance of at least a quarter inch of ice accumulation. he heaviest precipitation is expected from 4 p.m. Saturday through 2 a.m. Sunday.

"Precipitation will taper off to drizzle and freezing drizzle between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday morning," a NWS report reads.